Allt er hljótt - Our own Christmas song

With on only one day to go until our annual Christmas Concert in Fríkirkjan we thought that we should share our Christmas song Allt er hljótt.



The song was written and recorded within a week in December of 2009. We did not have time to go to a professional studio, so we recorded every bit of the song within the premises of Ragnars bedroom using a single recording mic connected to a laptop. We gave the raw recording to our friend Ólafur Arnalds who then did wonders with the mix.

Christmas concert in Fríkirkjan, Reykjavík

Once again it's time four our annual Christmas concert in Fríkirkjan in Reykjavík.

It will take place on December 23rd at 10pm.

As well as our own compositions we will perform traditional Icelandic Christmas songs that are dear to us, some which are less often heard. All the songs will be re-arranged for the occasion to fit Árstíðirs unusual instrumentation and sound.

This is the third year in a row that we perform our Christmas concert Fríkirkjan. The first concert back in 2008 was recorded and a selection of the songs were released on our EP: Live in Fríkirkjan. It was mixed by our friend and genius Ólafur Arnalds.


Scarborough Fair, performed in Fríkirkjan in 2008.

Photo from our concert in Fríkirkjan in 2009.

Tickets are already on sale. Go get yours here! We look forward to see you, it's going to be a magical night.

Surprise gig at Norræna húsið in Reykjavík

On Saturday we performed a surprise concert at Norræna húsið, the Nordic House in Reykjavík. It was the first time we appeared publicly in Iceland since our return from Russia and Finland.

The gig was a part of a concert series called The Advent Calender of the Nordic House.

Everyday at 12.34 in the afternoon until Christmas there is an exciting Icelandic act playing there, and people don't know which one will be playing that day.

The Nordic House in Reykjavík was designed by the famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, and the only thing surpassing it's beauty are the acoustics in there. We played entirely acoustic, and were surprised ourselves by how good we sounded.

The poster for the concert series.